Compact wavelength-selective cross-connect device having multiple input ports and multiple output ports
    1.
    发明授权
    Compact wavelength-selective cross-connect device having multiple input ports and multiple output ports 有权
    具有多个输入端口和多个输出端口的紧凑型波长选择性交叉连接设备

    公开(公告)号:US09188831B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-17

    申请号:US13399270

    申请日:2012-02-17

    Abstract: A wavelength-selective cross-connect (WSXC) device having N input ports and M output ports and configured to route any set of one or more carrier wavelengths from a corresponding input port to any selected output port. In one embodiment, the WSXC device includes a diffraction grating and a beam-steering device optically coupled to each other and to the input/output ports so that each of the carrier wavelengths traverses the diffraction grating and the beam-steering device two or more times en route from the respective input port to a designated output port. Various unfolded configurations of the WSXC device are also disclosed.

    Abstract translation: 具有N个输入端口和M个输出端口并且被配置为将来自相应输入端口的任何一组或多个载波波长路由到任何选择的输出端口的波长选择性交叉连接(WSXC)设备。 在一个实施例中,WSXC装置包括衍射光栅和光束转向装置,光束耦合到彼此和输入/输出端口,使得每个载波波长穿过衍射光栅和光束转向装置两次或更多次 从相应的输入端口到指定的输出端口。 还公开了WSXC设备的各种展开配置。

    Wavelength router for a passive optical network
    2.
    发明授权
    Wavelength router for a passive optical network 有权
    无源光网络的波长路由器

    公开(公告)号:US08923672B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-30

    申请号:US13293787

    申请日:2011-11-10

    CPC classification number: H04J14/0204

    Abstract: A passive arrayed-waveguide-grating (AWG) router that can be used to implement the dual functionality of a wavelength router and a 3-dB power splitter for one of its wavelength channels while functioning as a conventional wavelength router for the other wavelength channels. The passive AWG router can advantageously be used, e.g., in a WDM-PON system to reduce the insertion-loss disparity between the various wavelength channels that are being used to broadcast optical signals from an optical line terminal located at the service provider's central office, through the passive AWG router, to a plurality of optical network units located near the end users.

    Abstract translation: 无源阵列波导光栅(AWG)路由器,可用于实现波长路由器和3 dB功率分配器的双功能,用于其波长通道之一,同时用作其他波长通道的常规波长路由器。 无源AWG路由器可以有利地用于例如在WDM-PON系统中,以减少用于广播来自位于服务提供商的中心局的光线路终端的光信号的各种波长信道之间的插入损耗差异, 通过无源AWG路由器到位于最终用户附近的多个光网络单元。

    WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE CROSS-CONNECT DEVICE HAVING ASTIGMATIC OPTICS
    3.
    发明申请
    WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE CROSS-CONNECT DEVICE HAVING ASTIGMATIC OPTICS 有权
    具有非线性光学的波长选择性交叉连接器件

    公开(公告)号:US20140294346A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-02

    申请号:US13851371

    申请日:2013-03-27

    Abstract: A wavelength-selective cross-connect (WSXC) device configured to route any set of carrier wavelengths from a corresponding input port to any selected output port. The WSXC device comprises a diffraction grating and a beam-steering device optically coupled to one another and to the input/output ports using astigmatic optics. The astigmatic optics includes one or more cylindrical lenses configured to image one beam-steering surface onto another beam-steering surface to enable a continuous spectral response. The astigmatic optics may further include (i) a cylindrical Fourier lens that enables the WSXC device to convert a change in the angular beam steering performed by the beam-steering device into a corresponding image-spot displacement at the output ports and/or (ii) one or more cylindrical lenses configured to image the active surface of the beam-steering device onto the diffraction grating. Various unfolded configurations of the various embodiments of the WSXC device are also disclosed.

    Abstract translation: 波长选择性交叉连接(WSXC)设备被配置为将任何载波波长集合从相应的输入端口路由到任何选择的输出端口。 WSXC装置包括衍射光栅和光束转向装置,其使用散光光学器件相互光耦合到输入/输出端口。 散光光学器件包括一个或多个柱面透镜,其配置成将一个光束转向表面成像到另一个光束转向表面上以实现连续的光谱响应。 散光光学器件还可以包括(i)圆柱形傅立叶透镜,其使得WSXC器件能够将由光束转向装置执行的角度波束转向的变化转换成在输出端口处的相应图像点位移和/或(ii )一个或多个柱面透镜,其配置成将所述光束转向装置的有源表面成像到所述衍射光栅上。 还公开了WSXC设备的各种实施例的各种展开配置。

    Spectral alignment of a WDM device to a specified frequency grid
    6.
    发明授权
    Spectral alignment of a WDM device to a specified frequency grid 有权
    将WDM设备的光谱对齐到指定的频率网格

    公开(公告)号:US08983306B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-17

    申请号:US13294410

    申请日:2011-11-11

    CPC classification number: H04J14/02 H04B10/07 H04B10/506 H04B10/572

    Abstract: A WDM device having a controller that individually controls the operating parameters of tunable lasers and the temperatures of an optical multiplexer and etalon. The device employs a spectral analyzer to measure the spectral composition of the optical output signal produced by the device. Based on the analyses of the measured spectral composition, the controller sets the temperatures of the tunable lasers, optical multiplexer, and optical etalon to values that cause: (i) middle frequencies of transmission bands of the optical multiplexer to be spectrally aligned with the corresponding frequencies of the specified frequency grid, (ii) each laser line to be properly positioned within the corresponding transmission band, and (iii) transmission resonances of the optical etalon to be properly positioned with respect to the laser lines.

    Abstract translation: 一种具有控制器的WDM设备,其独立地控制可调谐激光器的操作参数和光学复用器和标准具的温度。 该装置使用光谱分析仪来测量由该装置产生的光输出信号的光谱组成。 基于测量的光谱组成的分析,控制器将可调谐激光器,光学多路复用器和光学标准具的温度设置为使得(i)光复用器的传输频带的中间频率与相应的光谱对准 指定频率网格的频率,(ii)要适当地定位在相应的传输频带内的每条激光线,以及(iii)光学标准具相对于激光线适当定位的传输谐振。

    Distribution of optical power in an optical transport system
    7.
    发明授权
    Distribution of optical power in an optical transport system 有权
    光传输系统中光功率的分布

    公开(公告)号:US08913899B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-16

    申请号:US12961677

    申请日:2010-12-07

    CPC classification number: H04B10/61 H04B10/2587

    Abstract: An optical-power-distribution (OPD) subsystem that provides means for supplying optical local-oscillator signals and optical-carrier signals to various optical line cards, without the need for each optical line card to have a corresponding individual laser source. In one embodiment, a single laser coupled to the OPD subsystem provides optical local-oscillator signals and optical-carrier signals to multiple optical line cards. In another embodiment, multiple lasers coupled to the OPD subsystem provide multiple optical local-oscillator signals and optical-carrier signals to a single line card. An OPD subsystem may provide significant power savings in the operation of the corresponding optical transport system, a reduction in the required equipment-cooling capacity, and an increase in the device-packing density within optical line cards and inside equipment cabinets that house optical line cards.

    Abstract translation: 光功率分配(OPD)子系统,其提供用于向各种光线路卡提供光本地振荡器信号和光载波信号的装置,而不需要每个光线路卡具有相应的单独的激光源。 在一个实施例中,耦合到OPD子系统的单个激光器向多个光线路卡提供光本地振荡器信号和光载波信号。 在另一个实施例中,耦合到OPD子系统的多个激光器向单个线路卡提供多个光学本地振荡器信号和光载波信号。 OPD子系统可以在相应的光学传输系统的操作中提供显着的功率节省,所需的设备冷却能力的降低,以及在容纳光学线路卡的光线路卡和内部设备机柜中的设备密封密度的增加 。

    GENERATION OF A FULL-RATE OPTICAL DUOBINARY SIGNAL USING HALF-RATE ELECTRICAL BINARY SIGNALS
    9.
    发明申请
    GENERATION OF A FULL-RATE OPTICAL DUOBINARY SIGNAL USING HALF-RATE ELECTRICAL BINARY SIGNALS 有权
    使用高速电子二进制信号的全速光学二次信号的生成

    公开(公告)号:US20080152355A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-26

    申请号:US11614325

    申请日:2006-12-21

    Inventor: David T. Neilson

    CPC classification number: H04B10/505 H04B10/5167

    Abstract: An optical transmitter that uses half-rate electrical signals, without multiplexing them to the full rate, to generate a full-rate optical duobinary signal. In one embodiment, an optical transmitter of the invention has a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) driven by two half-rate electrical data streams. A first half-rate data stream is applied to drive a first arm of the MZM. A delay element misaligns a second half-rate data stream that is synchronized with the first data stream by one half of a bit period, and the resulting misaligned data stream is applied to drive a second arm of the MZM. The MZM is configured to (i) transmit substantially no light from the feeding laser when the applied data streams have the same binary value and (ii) have a maximum transmission when the applied data streams have different binary values, thereby generating a full-rate optical duobinary signal at its output.

    Abstract translation: 一种使用半速率电信号而不将它们多路复用到全速率的光发射机,以产生全速光学双二进制信号。 在一个实施例中,本发明的光发射机具有由两个半速率电数据流驱动的马赫 - 曾德调制器(MZM)。 应用前半速率数据流来驱动MZM的第一臂。 延迟元件将与第一数据流同步的第二半速率数据流与位周期的一半未对准,并且将所得到的未对准数据流应用于驱动MZM的第二臂。 MZM被配置为(i)当所施加的数据流具有相同的二进制值时,并且(ii)当所应用的数据流具有不同的二进制值时具有最大传输,从而从馈送激光器基本上不发射光,从而产生全速率 光输出双二进制信号。

    Modular building block for an optical interconnection network
    10.
    发明授权
    Modular building block for an optical interconnection network 失效
    用于光互连网络的模块化构件

    公开(公告)号:US5818997A

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-06

    申请号:US812625

    申请日:1997-03-07

    CPC classification number: G02B6/43

    Abstract: A modular building block for supporting arrays of microlenses, microlasers and microphotodetectors, etc. in an optical beam relay system used as an optical interconnection network. The building block includes a frame member on which is mounted the array. The frame member includes a base portion that is press fitted to the smooth top surface of a plate member. The bottom surface of the plate member includes a rail portion that is secured into a groove in the support structure, such as a table, that also supports various elements of the optical interconnection network.

    Abstract translation: 用于在用作光互连网络的光束中继系统中用于支持微透镜阵列,微型显微镜和微光探测器等的模块化构件。 构件块包括框架构件,其上安装有阵列。 框架构件包括压配合到板构件的平滑顶表面的基部。 板构件的底面包括轨道部分,该轨道部分固定到支撑结构中的诸如桌子的支撑结构中的槽中,该支撑结构还支撑光学互连网络的各种元件。

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